External hard drive questions

External hard drive questions - 05/08/0512:37 PM

so I guess I'll put it here- feel free to move me if necessary- i need a bigger hard drive- but want something external- and small- something to store my games on- is this posssible- or do I have to get a bigger internal drive?

I'm assuming you want to load and play your games from the new drive. If you only want it for storing saved games, a flash drive would work. A flash drive is very small, but you wouldn't be able to install and play most modern games from it. Newegg has flash drives up to 1 GB. http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/SubCategory.asp?SubCategory=68

It would be less expensive to get a new internal drive. Make sure it's not so large that your computer's motherboard can't detect it. How large is your current hard drive?

Re: External hard drive questions - 05/08/0502:44 PM

Thank you Jenny for the Link- I found just what I was looking for- a small external hard drive for a decent price- its 8o gigs- just enough to store oodles of games- and small enough for my desktop- and better yet- its a USB plug drive- so its perfect- thanks!

Re: External hard drive questions - 05/08/0503:52 PM

Good luck with it.One nice thing about Newegg (besides the prices) is that they often have user reviews.

Note that early versions of StarForce caused problems with USB drives. So if you play a game with an early version of StarForce, you should update the StarForce drivers as soon as possible. There is a link herehttp://www.star-force.com/protection.phtml?c=91

Re: External hard drive questions - 09/17/0510:47 AM

Is a external hard drive the same is a flash drive or a floppy. Can I format it and put anything on it. I download a lot of demo and some are to big to put on a flash drive that I have. The biggest I have is 256 mb. I just want to store the demos, What does it mean when it says the come with window drivers ? It can't be the same as a cd burner. What is a USB 1 & a USB 2 port ThanksRichard

Unlike a regular IDE hard drive, an external hard drive that plugs into a USB 2 port will need drivers to work - just like any other USB device. Newer versions of Windows may have some generic drivers but it's probably better to use the drivers made by the manufacturer.